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Cybersecurity Fundamentals

A broad entry to cybersecurity: the CIA triad and risk; common threats and social engineering; identity, passwords and MFA; cryptography and hashing basics; device and home-network security; incidents and backups; ethics, law and careers; and a small-organisation security-plan project.

  • BeginnerNo prior experience needed
  • 28 hTotal content time
  • 18 lessonsOrdered from basics to practice
  • In ArabicWith technical terms in English

About this course

A broad entry to cybersecurity: the CIA triad and risk; common threats and social engineering; identity, passwords and MFA; cryptography and hashing basics; device and home-network security; incidents and backups; ethics, law and careers; and a small-organisation security-plan project.

Academy-authored content.

Course highlights

  • Explain confidentiality, integrity, availability and basic risk assessment
  • Recognise common threats, malware and social-engineering techniques
  • Protect identities with strong passwords, password managers and MFA
  • Explain encryption, hashing and certificates at a conceptual level
  • Secure devices and home/small-office networks and respond to incidents with backups
  • Act ethically and lawfully and plan a path into security work

The practical result

What you’ll build in this course

A broad entry to cybersecurity: the CIA triad and risk; common threats and social engineering; identity, passwords and MFA; cryptography and hashing basics; device and home-network security; incidents and backups; ethics, law and careers; and a small-organisation security-plan project.

Final lesson: Lesson 6.3

Is this course for you?

Who it’s for

  • secondary and university students, office staff, anyone starting in security

Requirements

  • basic computer and internet use

Course content

  • 8units
  • 18sessions
  • 7quizzes
Unit 13 sessions
  1. Lesson 1.1
  2. Lesson 1.2
  3. Lesson 1.3
Unit 23 sessions
  1. Lesson 2.1
  2. Lesson 2.2
  3. Lesson 2.3
Unit 33 sessions
  1. Lesson 3.1
  2. Lesson 3.2
  3. Lesson 3.3
Unit 43 sessions
  1. Lesson 4.1
  2. Lesson 4.2
  3. Lesson 4.3
Unit 53 sessions
  1. Lesson 5.1
  2. Lesson 5.2
  3. Lesson 5.3
Unit 63 sessions
  1. Lesson 6.1
  2. Lesson 6.2
  3. Lesson 6.3
Quizzes0 sessions · 7 quizzes
  1. Quiz 1
  2. Quiz 2
  3. Quiz 3
  4. Quiz 4
  5. Quiz 5
  6. Quiz 6
  7. Final exam
Projects and assignments0 sessions
  1. Assignment 1
  2. Assignment 2
  3. Assignment 3

The lecturer

Lecturer

Eng. Abdelmaksoud

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